Nationwide Mutual v. Unauthorized Practic

Revised March 8, 2002 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For the Fifth Circuit No. 00-11025 NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, VERSUS UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas February 20, 2002 Before GARWOOD, DeMOSS, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. DENNIS, Circuit Judge: Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (“Nationwide”) sued Texas’s Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee (the “UPLC”) in federal district court. Nationwide sought a declaration that Texas law does not prohibit it…